The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-07
Local and State Notes.

call is out for meeting of the directors OF
the Baltimore & Ohio road on Saturday next
to elect a president and other officers.
". f. Jerome, Western passenger agent of the
New York Central and o. F.. Jenkins. district
passenger agent, in the city on official bust
ness.
Kokomo is to have a belt road. It will con-
meet the c.. St L. & P, the L. E. & W. and
T., st. L. e K. c. roads, making complete cir
cult around the city.
The corps of engineers making the surveys of
the Owensboro, Boonvlle 6 Vincennes road.
on Saturday last reached the corporate limits
OF Boonville, in the location of the line
The net earnings of the Decline road for the
month of October 5000 713, as against
sl73. $50 in the same month. 1886 The surplus
fund was increased 49,, 1885, against 500, PAT
in October. 1886.
All danger of anthracite coal famine in
this section is over. Cars plenty and the
Indianapolis coal firm Sunday received over
the Decline ffty-five carloads of anthracite
COAL
Train No. over the Decline last night was
run west in two sections carrying large Cali
fornia excursion party. In the trains were
number of chair of the Missouri Pac 6c
road, which have never before been run in this
locality.
trict passenger agent of the Chicago Milwaukee
& St. Paul road, David Brady. who for many
years was district passenger agent OF the Balti-
more & Ohio road has been appointed Southern
district passenger agent OF the C.. NJ. d st. T.,
with headquarters at Louisville, by.
General Passenger Agent Mccormick is urg-
ing the L.. n. A. s. c. management to put
early train out of Indianapolis which will
connect with the fast trains out of Chicago. that
several of the Northwestern lines are putting
on, leaving that city at noon. An early train
the Monon out of Indianapolis would
taInly be a popular one, and very convenient for
the travelling public.
Robert A Kerr one of the oldest engineers
on the Pennsylvania lines, died on Sunday last
He has hauled the ST. Louis express train over
the noun tain ever since it was put on, sixteen
years ago. On Sunday last when his train was
some piece of machinery and fell from his en-
CINE. Mr.. Kerr's son is chief chemist in the Ed
gar Thomson steelworks-
Work on the Cannelton branch of the L. E. &
St. L. is being pushed vigorously. The con-
struction party is confident, if the weather is IA
vorabe. that the road will be ready for trains to
run over il by JAN l. The contractors have the
incentive that they will receive So, 900 above the
contract price for the work If completed by that
date, while the stockholders will lose a subsidy
of $50. 900 in the first day of next year
finds the road uncompleted-
General Manager Beckley. of the Cincinnati,
Wabash & Michigan road was in the citv yester-
day. and TO the question what the c., w. e NJ
will do with the proposition of NJ. Z. Ingalls, to
join hands with them and build a link between
Anderson and Rushville, answered that when
such extension of our road is made we
shall do it ourselves then when we reach Rush
Vile We can work our Louisville. business over
the c., l., St L. d c. or the j.. NJ. s. l. from